WASTE NOT & CONSERVATION
In 2002, Waste Not became the home agency for the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association (TWSA), now in its 20th year. Waste Not’s role in the Tahoe Basin has progressed to include a presence at Tahoe’s regulatory and policy table; including 10+ years focused on drinking water protection related to aquatic invasive species projects, impacts of tourism on the watershed, climate change, wildfire and other emerging topics. As we move forward, our focus is on providing sustainability support to District venues, and providing the IV/CB community
WASTE NOT & CONSERVATION MADONNA DUNBAR
with the knowledge and tools to support our community conservation culture. We are engaged in regional and statewide sustainability programs such as the newly
IVGID Public Works’ Waste Not Division is
Resource Conservationists included Linda
established Nevada Green Business
celebrating 30 years of operations in 2022.
Pittman, Jill Sarick and Sarah Tone. Over
Program. Waste Not’s core goals are to
Waste Not began as a community-driven
time, the recycling program was modified
continue to provide programs to educate
effort to bring recycling collection and
to the present single-stream cart collection
and motivate residents towards actions
environmental education to IV/CB.
system. Household Hazardous Waste
which protect Tahoe’s natural environment.
collection was added in the mid-1990s. Bear
Madonna Dunbar
Waste Not’s first community conservation programs were the establishment of sourceseparated recycling collection and school education programs to promote waste reduction. Early leadership by IVGID’s
awareness and source water protection programs were quickly added; all programs focus on source water protection as a main
Madonna Dunbar, Resource Conservationist
factor.
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